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Dr Nirosha (Dilhani) Kapu Arachchilage

Dr Nirosha (Dilhani) Kapu Arachchilage

Dr Nirosha (Dilhani) Kapu Arachchilage

Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5356  
Email: niroshak@ads.ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.375  

 

Availability:
By appointment

Current teaching:

Accounting Theory and Practice

Background

Nirosha has had an extensive academic career, previously having taught strategic management in the School of Management at ECU and accounting based subjects in the Department of Accounting, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (the leading national university in Sri Lanka for management education).

She has also engaged continuously in doing research relating to the areas of management controls, business strategies and corporate governance. Nirosha also had the opportunity to hold various administrative positions and doing consultancies for organizations both in Australia and in Sri Lanka.

Responsibilities:
Works closely with the Professor of Accounting, School of Accounting Finance and Economics (SAFE) towards:
  • Analysing research results and writing publications
  • Writing new external funding grant applications
  • Publication of research articles
  • The mentoring of new and existing postgraduate students (with guidance from the principal supervisor)

Staff qualifications:

  •   PhD
  •   MBA
  •   BSc Accountancy (Special)
  •   CMA (Australia)
  •   CTHE
  •   Passed finalist of ICASL

Professional memberships:

  • Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), UK
  • Certified Management Accountants (CMA), Australia
  • Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), Sri Lanka
  • Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Australia 

Awards and recognition:  

  • 2011 - Faculty of Business & Law Dean’s Award for achieving PhD
  • 1999 - First order of Merit, Association of Accounting Technicians in Sri Lanka

Research interest:

  • Management Control Systems and Business Strategies
  • Corporate Governance
  • Application of the Balanced Scorecard Model

Current research area:

  • Management Control Systems and Business Strategies
  • Corporate Governance

Conference papers: 

  • Linking uses of management control systems with strategic capabilities and business level strategies for organizational performance: evidence from Sri Lankan Textile and Apparel Industry’ (2011-Working paper)
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  • ‘Governance in Three Perspectives’, International Conference on Business and Information (BAI) (2006), Singapore
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  • ‘Japanese Management Practices Applied in Sri Lankan Organizations’ International Symposium (2006), Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
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  • ‘Application of Constructive Alignment Model for Undergraduate Courses in Management Studies and Commerce’ Third International Conference on Business Management (2006), Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
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  • ‘A Trail Study in Peer Assessment: Evolving Structures for bringing about Improved Learning’ SDC-SLAIHEE March 2006 Conference on Improving Higher Education Effectiveness in Sri Lanka for Inspiring and Developing Skills in University Students (2006), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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  • ‘Reconstructing the Corporate Governance Framework: The Case for an Effective System of Governance for the Sri Lankan Corporate Sector, 10th International Conference (2005), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
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  • ‘Need for Corporate Governance Practices: An Emphasis on Three Perspectives’ Accounting Panorama, The Magazine of Accountancy and Financial Management Association (2005), Department of Accounting, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
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  • ‘Nurturing Undergraduates’ Skill Development Through Internship Programmes: The Case for its inclusion in an Effective Strategy’, SDC-SLAIHEE March 2005 Conference on Improving Higher Education Effectiveness in Sri Lanka for Inspiring and Developing Skills in University Students (2005), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka